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In 2015, Luiz Carlos Trabuco Cappi was named Brazil’s most influential entrepreneur. As such, this recognition distinguished his professional exceptionalism in the Brazilian insurance sector. In his first four years of managing Bradesco, he won his first IPY award. During 2007, Trabuco, for the second time, won the Insurance Person of the Year (IPY) award. He is the current president of Bradesco Group Insurance and Pension Plan as well as the Vice President of Banco Bradesco. He assumed these roles in 2003 and 2007 respectively.

Trabuco was born in Marilia in 1951, the birthplace of Bradesco’s founder Amador Aguiar. He graduated from Sao Paulo’s School of Sociology and Politics with a degree Social Psychology. His illustrious career, spanning over four decades, began in 1969 when he was 22. His first post at Bradesco was a clerk at its Marilia agency branch. In 1984, he was moved to Sao Paulo as a marketing director. Luiz Carlo Trabuco Cappi is a devoted husband, a father of three children, a soft spoken, modest, and discreet man.

He ascended to Banco Bradesco’s presidency at a time of significant competition from its larger rival, Itau Unibanco. Despite Itau Unibanco holding the number one spot, Trabuco focused on expanding Bradesco’s reach in Brazil’s municipalities, suburbs, and rural regions. In this regard, Trabuco made one of the boldest moves in Bradesco’s history, purchasing HSBC’s Brazilian operations for US $5.2 billion. This deal was the largest ever acquisition of another company’s operations in Brazil’s economic history. Acquiring HSBC resulted in Bradesco Group outperforming Itau Unibanco in several areas inclusive of the number of active account holders, total investment finances, and branch networks.

In his optimism, Trabuco perceives that the insurance industry is essential to the overall welfare of the Brazilian economy. As Brazil’s economy progressively evolves, a need for urgency and perspective is necessary. In this respect, he intimated to stakeholders that “We need to have confidence and hope. I am very excited about the new representative configuration of the industry. We want the government to understand the role that insurance has in modern society.”

Luiz Carlos Trabuco Cappi was appointed Bradesco’s fourth president due to his experience, dedication, and expertise in managing Bradesco. In a 40-year long career, Trabuco steadily rose through the institution’s hierarchy from a clerk to the presidency. While as the vice president of Bradesco Seguros, he managed to increase Bradesco’s market share from 23% to 25%. Better still, he increased the bank’s profit from 26% to 35%.

Trabuco favors an organic management approach in advancing the business interests of Bradesco. Using this method, he significantly turned around the bank’s fortune during a time of economic turbulence and uncertainty in Brazil. In 2009, he grew the bank’s clientele base from 20 million to 27 million, a feat that demonstrates his management pedigree. Similarly, Trabuco helped Bradesco increase its savings accounts by 12.3 million to 50 million and facilitated the considerable expansion of its insurance service network. Another of his incredible achievements of is growing Bradesco’s national agencies and branches from 3,500 to 5,000.

Luiz Carlos Trabuco Cappi’s extensive experience in both banking and insurance equips him with valuable insights into the sector’s opportunities and future developments. With this in mind, Trabuco predicts that the industry’s potential for growth will encompass over 100 million new clients by 2025. As such, he plans to increase the bank’s territorial inclusion. His vision involves the bank reaching out to the larger majority of Brazil’s unbanked and uninsured population. Thanks to his position, leadership skills, and influence, Brazil’s government, the media, and entrepreneurs highly value his advice and opinion.

New York City has been developing skyscrapers for so many years now, thanks to real estate developers who are putting their eyes on the city. However, local construction companies are also doing their part in changing the city’s skyline. One of these companies is JMH Development, a real estate development company based in the state of New York. They have several projects in the city as well as in other states, and have been in the business for so many years. The current principal of the company is Jason Halpern, who took over their family business in 2010.

Jason Halpern: Property Developer

JMH Development, under the leadership of Jason Halpern, has experienced tremendous growth. Today, they are one of the leading real estate development companies in America, and they have so many years of experience in the industry. There are some properties in the United States that are being owned by JMH Development, and they have developed some of the most prestigious projects in the country. They mainly focus on building luxury properties, and their clients are mostly coming from the upper class. JMH Development has been the pioneer in creating properties that are well located in places with high desirability, especially in Manhattan and Brooklyn in New York and Miami Beach in Florida.

Jason Halpern: Real Estate Entrepreneur

According to Jason Halpern, they are considering their business as a form of art. Before constructing a property, they would have to look at its strength first, followed by its aesthetics. They are keen on creating eye catching structures that can be considered as a landmark. Currently, JMH Development has 6 featured properties under their name – 184 Kent, located in New York, is a series of high end apartments that were created from an old warehouse; South Beach Starwood Hotel, in Florida, is one of the newest developments from the company that has a variety of amenities; The Townhouses of Cobble Hill, located in Brooklyn, is another luxury apartment project from JHM Development; Three Hundred Collins, in Florida, is a high end condominium that would soon rise in Miami Beach; LIC Hilton Hotels, is located in Long Island, one of the newest properties to rise in the area; and finally, 70 Henry, located in Brooklyn, is going to be the company’s first boutique condominium.

Jason Halpern sees a brighter future for his company, as more clients are knocking on their doors in order for them to build the properties that they have in mind.

Hussain Sajwani is the founder of a property development company called Damac Properties. Long before he was the Damac owner he embarked on his career as a manager of GASCO’s contracts division which is one of the subsidiaries of the Abu Dhabi National Oil company. In 1982 he started a catering company as a separate venture.

Hussain Sajwani received his education at the University of Washington and became a pioneer in Dubai in the expansion of the property markets. During the middle of the 1990’s he decided to build a few hotels because he believed the growing influx of individuals now being allowed to trade and do business in the emirate would require accommodations. Hussain Sajwani realized what was happening in the market in 2002 and founded Damac properties to take advantage of the existing opportunities. The company has grown and expanded and is now one of the Middle East’s largest companies specializing in property development.

Damac Properties employs almost 2000 individuals, trades shares on the Dubai Financial Market and is a publicly listed business. The company’s track record is impeccable and focuses on developing luxury properties. Hussain Sajwani is responsible for more than 16,800 homes and 44,000 units. His development portfolio is at different stages in planning and progress.

Hussain Sajwani is both an investor and a highly successful businessman. His track record includes success in the capital markets and global equity. His investment portfolio currently included securities from different global and regional markets. Hussain Sajwani’s flagship company for investments is the DICO Investments Company LLC. The company specializes in acquisitions, mergers, private mergers and has the minority and majority holdings in publically traded companies.